This Short film is the prologue to the feature film A SUMMER IN BOUJAD
PITCH
In Boujaâd, a Moroccan town where ancient myths and legends are rife, seven-year-old Karim, the only son of his modest parents struggles with his childhood fears and his urgent desire to be a man...
RELEASE
➢ BROADCAST TV on TV5 MONDE (SUD CÔTÉ COURT June 18th 2015)
➢ BROADCAST TV on BBC ARABIC (CINEMA BADILA January 2nd 2014 and May 17th 2014)
➢ BROADCAST TV on 2M MOROCCO (CINESTARS March 30th 2014)
➢ PRE-RELEASE PURCHASE and BROADCAST TV on FRANCE 2 (SHORT STORIES December 2nd 2012 and March 23th 2014)
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
➢ PUBLIC AWARD of the 10th Maghreb and the Middle East Cinemas Panorama (04/15)
➢ JURY AWARD of the African diaspora at 14th Lights of Africa Film Festival of Besançon (11/14)
➢ GRAND PRIZE at 3rd International Films Festival for Children of Chefchaouen (09/14)
➢ SPECIAL PRICE ISMU at 24th Festival in Africa, Asia and Latin America of Milan (05/14)
➢ TROPHY "Come to my Home" by the Cultures of the World Foundation (04/14)
➢ SPECIAL MENTION at the 10th International Film Festival for Children and Youth of Sousse (03/14)
➢ PUBLIC AWARD at 35th Short Screens of Bruxelles (02/14)
➢ SPÉCIAL PRIZE OF THE PROFESSIONAL JURY - PRIZE OF THE ADULT JURY at 14th Francophone Short Film Festival "Un Poing c'est Court" of Vaulx-en-Velin (01/14)
➢ SPECIAL MENTION OF THE COLLEGE JURY at 11st African Film Festival of Apt (11/13)
➢ SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY at 1st Maghreb Film Festival of Algiers (11/13)
➢ NOMINATED at 3rd Eastern Breeze International Film Festival of Toronto (10/13)
➢ BEST SHORT FILM Award at 4th Puteaux Mediterranean Film Festival (06/13)
➢ GRAND PRIZE OF THE JURY at 6th Tangier International Film Festival "Cinemana" (04/13)
➢ PRIZE OF THE JURY at 2nd Oujda North African Film Festival (04/13)
➢ BEST SCREENPLAY Award - CRITICS Award - CINEMAG Award at 14th Tangier National Moroccan Film Festival (02/13)
Nominated in official competition at
➢ Workshops Cine-philo of the 11th Maghreb and the Middle East Cinemas Panorama (04/16)
➢ 12th Education Film Festival of Evreux (11/15)
➢ World of Film International Film Festival of Glasgow (10/15)
➢ 10th African Cinema Festival of Lausanne (08/15)
➢ 10th AfryKamera African Film Festival in Poland (04/15)
➢ 7th Sofia Middle East & North Africa Region Film Festival (01/15)
➢ 19th Francophone Cinema Festival of Beaujolais (11/14)
➢ 3rd Festival of Arab cinema "Aflam South" of Brussels (10/14)
➢ Focus on Moroccan cinema at British Film Institut (07/14)
➢ African Festival "Out of Europe XIII" of Cologne (09/14)
➢ 30th Film Festival "Vues d'Afrique" of Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa (05/14)
➢ 2nd International Arab Film Festival of Zurich (05/14)
➢ 8th National Film Festival of Settat (04/14)
➢ 2nd National Meeting of Cinema Margin of Guercif (03/14)
➢ 5th Meeting Cinemas around Africa of Saint-Etienne (03/14)
➢ 19th Festival "Views of world cinema" of Rouen (01/14)
➢ Encounters of the Maghreb Movies at the Arab World Institute in Paris (11/13)
➢ 1st Cinema of South International Film Festival of Ifni (11/13)
➢ 24th Arabic Film Festival of Fameck (10/13)
➢ 11st Festival of Mediterranean Short Film of Tangier (10/13)
➢ 9th International Muslim Film Festival in Kazan (09/13)
➢ 15th Azrou / Ifrane Arab World Short Film Festival (08/13)
➢ 7th Kenitra Festival of Short Film of Sebu (05/13)
➢ 8th Geneva International Film Festival of Oriental (04/13)
➢ 19th Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival (03/13)
➢ 2nd Luxor African Film Festival (03/13)
➢ 7th Cinema Days of Beirut (03/13)
➢ 9th Dubai International Film Festival (12/12)